Olive Garden, the American chain in the Italian dining segment with more than 800 restaurants worldwide, has opened its first location in Dubai.

Veathika Jain

Debbie Rogers and Ihab Shurrab

The Dubai Olive Garden has a rustic stone exterior, typical of the buildings in the Italian countryside, and an interior with Italian imports.

At the opening of Dubai's Olive Garden.

The restaurant menu features Italian specialities including signature items such as Tour of Italy, Stuffed Chicken Marsala, Capellini Di Mare, in addition a complementary unlimited quantities of warm, garlic bread sticks and bottomless choice of fresh homemade soups or unlimited garden fresh salads with all entrees

At the opening of Dubai's Olive Garden.

At the opening of Dubai's Olive Garden.

At the opening of Dubai's Olive Garden.

Diana Azzam, Gihane Youssef

Su Britgman

At the opening of Dubai's Olive Garden.

At the opening of Dubai's Olive Garden.

At the opening of Dubai's Olive Garden.

Located on Sheikh Zayed Road, the 4,360 square-foot restaurant can host up to 130 guests and features a design that is inspired by traditional farmhouses found in Tuscany, Italy. Olive Garden design teams traveled to Italy to work with Italian architects Fabio and Lucia Zingarelli.